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Arkell Hall Foundation Inc

Canajoharie, NY · EIN 14-1343077. Reported 162 grants totalling $4,438,345 to 72 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$4,250median grant
$4,438,345granted, 2020-2024
72recipients, as named on its returns
62%of grantees funded again the next year
$93.3Massets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Arkell Hall Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $4,250. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $15,000; the smallest was $45 and the largest $700,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
44 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
37 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
21 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
34 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
9 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
5 grants
$100,000 and Up
12 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Canajoharie Library and aCanajoharie, NY$900,000332022
Arkell CenterCanajoharie, NY$700,000112020
Community Youth Center IncCanajoharie, NY$675,750442024
Village of CanajoharieCanajoharie, NY$495,000442024
Canajoharie Library and Art GalleryCanajoharie, NY$400,000222024
Ayres Memorial Animal ShelterSprakers, NY$145,100552024
Canajoharie High SchoolCanajoharie, NY$118,800222021
Montgomery County OfaAmsterdam, NY$116,150222024
Canajoharie Central SchoolCanajoahrie, NY$80,600222024
Montgomery County Sheriff's DeptFultonville, NY$66,000222021
The Van Alstyne Homestead SocietyCanajoharie, NY$62,500552024
Mountain Valley Hospice & PalliativGloversville, NY$60,000332022
Sarah Jane Sanford HomeAmsterdam, NY$60,000112024
Stone Arabia Preservation SocietyPalantine Bridge, NY$37,500332024
The Foundation of FmJohnstown, NY$36,000332022
Montgomery County Office for AgingAmsterdam, NY$31,150222021
Friends of BassettCooperstown, NY$30,000222024
Montgomery County Sheriff's OfficeFultonville, NY$30,000222024
Mountain Valley HospiceGloversville, NY$30,000222024
Fort Plain Reformed ChurchFort Plain, NY$26,000442024
Reformed Church of CanajoharieCanajoharie, NY$21,500442024
Canajoharie Police DepartmentCanajoharie, NY$20,000112020
The Family Counseling CenterGloversville, NY$20,000332024
Church of the Good ShepherdCanajoharie, NY$16,000332023
Our Lady of Hope Roman CatholicFort Plain, NY$16,000332023
Fort Plain Senior CenterFort Plain, NY$15,000552024
Foundation of FmccJohnstown, NY$15,000112023
Nat'l Shrine of Saint Kateri TekakwFonda, NY$15,000222024
Palatine Literary SocietyCanajoharie, NY$15,000222022
Helping Hands Food PantrySt Johnsville, NY$13,000332024
National Shrine of Saint Kateri TekFonda, NY$13,000332022
St John's-St Mark's Lutheran ChurchCanajoharie, NY$13,000222021
United Methodist Church of CanajohaCanajoharie, NY$13,000222021
Canajoharie Senior Citizens ClubCanajoharie, NY$12,500552024
Fulmont Comm Action AgencFort Plain, NY$12,500222021
Wamc Ne Public RadioAlbany, NY$10,500222024
Caroga Arts CollectiveCaroga Lake, NY$10,000112021
Fulmont Comm Action Agency IncFort Plain, NY$10,000222024
Mohawk Valley CollectiveCanajoharie, NY$10,000112021
Town of CanajoharieCanajoharie, NY$10,000112022
Trinity Lutheran ChurchCanajoharie, NY$7,500222023
Music on Main StreetCanajoharie, NY$6,500552024
Salvation ArmySyracuse, NY$6,000112021
United Methodist Church of CanjoCanajohaire, NY$6,000222024
Fort Plain MuseumFort Plain, NY$5,100112024
Wamc Northeast Public RadioAlbany, NY$5,000222021
Junior Youth Programe of CanjoCanajoharie, NY$3,500222024
St Johns St Marks Lutheran ChurchCanajoharie, NY$3,000112023
Canajoharie Area Little LeagueCanajoharie, NY$2,000442023
Walter Elwood MuseumAmsterdam, NY$2,000112020
Boy Scouts of America Troop 81Nelliston, NY$1,750222024
Canajohariepalatine Chamber of ComCanajoharie, NY$1,000222024
Ft Plain Cub Scout Pack 61Nelliston, NY$1,000112023
Montgomery County Youth BureauFonda, NY$900442024
Canajoharie Palatine Chamber of ComCanajoharie, NY$700222021
Canajoharie-Ft Plain Garden ClubFort Plain, NY$600222024
Summer Drama ClubPalatine Bridge, NY$600332024
Amsterdam RotaryFort Johnson, NY$500112024
Ft Plain School SaddFt Plain, NY$500112022
Ft Plain Youth SoccerCanajoharie, NY$500112024
Fort Plain High SchoolFort Plain, NY$450332022
Canajoharie-Ft Plain Elks Lodge 262Fort Plain, NY$350332022
Canajoharie Crocodiles Swim ClubCanajoharie, NY$300332023
Boy Scout Troop 5081Canajoharie, NY$200112020
Bpoe 2621Fort Plain, NY$200222024
Canajoharie Cs PTACanajoharie, NY$200112024
Black and Gold YearbookCanajoharie, NY$100222021
Canajoharie Youth CenterCanajoharie, NY$100112022
Chs International ClubCanajoharie, NY$100112023
Black & GoldCanajoharie, NY$50112024
Wounded Warrior ProjectTopeka, KS$50112023
2024 Portrait Ft Plain JR/SR High SchoolFort Plain, NY$45112023

50 of 72 (69%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 62%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 30 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Human Services
11 grants
Arts & Culture
8 grants
Animal Welfare
5 grants
Recreation & Sports
4 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202032$1,287,620$3,000
202135$1,531,030$10,000
202221$224,800$2,000
202339$639,770$3,000
202435$755,125$5,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

100% of its giving went to organizations in New York. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

New York
$4.4M
Kansas
$50

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Ge Aerospace Foundation4 shared recipientsWilliam&vina Baker Yerdon Fndtion3 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund3 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc3 shared recipientsCharities Aid Foundation America2 shared recipientsThe Ayco Charitable Foundation2 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $4,250. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Arkell Hall Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 240, Canajoharie, NY, 13317. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 14-1343077 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded.

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